Mobile+devices

=Managing mobile devices=



Mobile devices such as iPhones, iPod Touch and iPads can be easily used to enhance learning and teaching. There are a wide range of educational applications, some specific to Science. See Apple app store for more details. Mobile devices can be used to record videos of experiments and for students to make podcasts and vodcasts.

Tips for managing mobile devices

 * Create a faculty email account in Hotmail, Gmail, etc. Use this email account to sign up for an Apple ID in iTunes.
 * Ask your computer coordinator to install iTunes on a staffroom. Choose the most reliable computer as you can only sync each device to a maximum of 5 computers.
 * You need to sync each device to iTunes on a computer.
 * Turn off auto syncing so you can choose which apps go into which device.
 * Set restrictions to you disable things like the ability to install and delete apps by students. Click here for steps in setting up restrictions.